Author: Erin Robinson

How Humble Leaders Create Engagement

Posted February 27, 2024 by Erin Robinson

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Humility is an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Discover the link between humble leaders and employee engagement.

Investor Personality

Posted February 20, 2024 by Erin Robinson

An investor reviews their investment data using a smartphone in one hand while holding a cup of coffee in the other. In front of them is a laptop displaying additional data.

Who is likely to invest in the stock market (and do so successfully)? This article presents research findings about investor personality.

A New Frontier: The Dark Side of the Entrepreneurial Economy

Posted February 5, 2024 by Erin Robinson

A two-lane highway, centered in the photo, stretches into an expansive desert landscape toward a couple of mesas and a butte against a cloudless sky. Additional formations are visible in the periphery. The photo accompanies a blog about how the entrepreneurial economy is a new frontier but has a dark side in terms of the personality characteristics it may expose.

Dark-side personality characteristics may attract workers to roles associated with the entrepreneurial economy. Find out how.

Pilot Personality: Decoding the Pilot Shortage

Posted January 30, 2024 by Erin Robinson

The photo displays a frontal view of an unmarked airplane nose against a cloudy sky. The photo accompanies a blog post about pilot personality, the pilot shortage, hiring the best talent for pilot jobs, and developing successful pilots.

Understanding pilot personality is essential to surviving the pilot shortage. Find out which personality characteristics are necessary to succeed in aviation.

Skills-Based Hiring: Future-Proofing Your Talent Strategy

Posted January 22, 2024 by Erin Robinson

A light-skinned person with long brown hair, wearing a cream mockneck under a red blazer and smiling, holds a coffee cup in their left hand and shakes someone else's hand with their right hand. In the background are some large windows as well as a posterboard on an easel displaying graphs and charts. The image suggests someone has just been hired or promoted and accompanies a blog about using skills-based hiring in a talent strategy.

A skills-based hiring method maximizes your opportunity to hire and develop the best talent. Find out how to improve your skills-based talent strategy.

2023 Derailers of the Year

Posted January 8, 2024 by Erin Robinson

Fireworks explode over a cityscape and a body of water at nighttime. In the foreground of the photo are two human silhouettes. One of the people is using a smartphone to take a photo. Signifying the new year, the photo accompanies a blog post about the derailers that defined the year 2023.

For the fourth year in a row, the cohosts of The Science of Personality evaluate the derailers of the year. Find out what they picked for 2023.

Culture Matters

Posted December 19, 2023 by Erin Robinson

An array of Asian flags wave against a blue sky. The photo was shot from a low angle and accompanies a blog post about why culture matters.

Do different types of leaders emerge in different markets? How do personality and culture impact cross-border business? Find out here.

What Is Strategic Self-Awareness?

Posted December 12, 2023 by Erin Robinson

An illustration of the concept of strategic self-awareness shows a line drawing of a person surrounded by swirling ovals with affixed dots, as if to represent personality assessment datapoints.

Strategic self-awareness is a key driver of successful job performance. Find out what it is and how it looks in practice.

Are Generations Really That Different?

Posted December 4, 2023 by Erin Robinson

A top-down view of a typewriter and a laptop situated back-to-back on a wooden table. The two represent the transition from analog to digital to accompany an article about generational differences in personality.

How much do generational differences matter to personality? Find out what we learned about generational effects in personality data.

Employee Burnout: Do You Know It When You See It?

Posted November 28, 2023 by Erin Robinson

A MacBook laptop sits on a white desktop against a white wall. Its screen is covered from top to bottom and side to side with blank sticky notes in pink, orange, green, and yellow. The image accompanies a blog post about causes of employee burnout, individual differences in burnout, and how to manage employee burnout.

Burnout is a global challenge as daily employee stress reaches all-time highs. Learn how personality can help with managing employee burnout.